20.03.2018
Your Family Entertainment AG DE000A161N14
Your Family Entertainment AG enters into cooperation with YoBoHo
DGAP-Media / 20.03.2018 / 16:02
Your Family Entertainment AG enters into cooperation with YoBoHo
This partnership greatly expands Your Family Entertainment's portfolio of
premium content worldwide with the addition of YoBoHo's rich catalogue of
digital first content
Munich - 20th of March 2018 - Your Family Entertainment AG (short: YFE)
today announces the bilateral cooperation between YFE and YoBoHo, a global
digital media company that specializes in creating, distributing and
licensing original content in the kids & family vertical. Starting today,
YFE will distribute YoBoHo content across traditional media outlets
worldwide and YoBoHo will provide content management services on YouTube for
a number of YFE's shows including "Adventurers Masters of Time", "Bob's
Beach" and "Crocadoo".
By establishing this partnership, Your Family Entertainment AG has expanded
its library with numerous hours of premium kids content and can consolidate
its reputation as one of the leading kids and family content distributors
worldwide. Among the new programs available to its audiences is the exciting
show - The Adventures of Annie and Ben and many other series meant for both
kids and co-viewing with parents. This content includes songs, early
learning videos, science experiments, and recipes across 12 brands which
includes HooplaKidz, Kidscamp, All Babies Channel, and Derrick & Debbie.
YoBoHo's content primarily focuses on educating kids in an entertaining way
which is a perfect fit for the philosophy of YFE.
Armin Schnell, Executive Vice President Sales of Munich-based Your Family
Entertainment AG, is excited about the new cooperation: "We are delighted to
start a fruitful and long termed partnership with YoBoHo based on trust and
friendship in edutaining kids. We are confident to achieve a great boost at
MIPTV in Cannes, the first market where we are presenting our latest
programs."
Hitendra Merchant, Founder & CEO, YoBoHo: "Our focus continues to be
expanding our library of originals, further diversifying revenue streams and
securing new traditional and digital distribution opportunities for our
premium kids & family content. By partnering with Your Family Entertainment
and their network of traditional media properties and owned & operated
channels, we're able to unlock further value from our library of original
videos and provide a complete multi-platform family entertainment offering
for kids worldwide."
About YoBoHo
YoBoHo is a global digital media company that specializes in creating,
distributing and licensing original content in the kids & family vertical.
YoBoHo owns & operates HooplaKidz, the leading digital-first producer of
high quality original content for kids and families all over the world.
Today, YoBoHo's library consists of thousands of original videos in 12
languages and its content is distributed across various leading digital
platforms such as YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV, and Roku. YoBoHo also
provides content management services for traditional media companies in the
kids & family vertical on YouTube. In 2015, YoBoHo was acquired by
BroadbandTV - a digital entertainment company which exists to empower
creators and inspire audiences. Today, BroadbandTV generates over 34 billion
monthly impressions and is the third largest video property in the world -
in terms of unique viewers - following only Google and Facebook.
About Your Family Entertainment AG
Your Family Entertainment AG (WKN [German security code number]: A161N1,
ISIN: DE000A161N14, Abbreviation: RTV) with its headquarter in Munich, was
one founder of the first German private broadcaster, Sat.1, in 1984,
contributed to the development of children's morning programming on Super
RTL and is one of the founding members of Association of Private
Broadcasters and Telemedia (VPRT). In addition, YFE is the producer and
license distributor for high-quality programmes for children and the whole
family and has one of the largest broadcaster-independent programme
libraries in Europe. Its stock of programmes includes well-known and beloved
series such as "Enid Blyton", "Fix & Foxi" and "Altair". Since 2007, YFE
operates the award-winning your family Pay TV children's channel which is
named "Fix & Foxi" since December 2014 and has established itself worldwide.
The channels are available as well in GAS-Region (German) as in Africa
(English and French), Middle East (Arabic and English) and America (Spanish
and English). "RiC" commenced broadcasting operations as a Free TV channel
in September 2012 in the GAS region. In addition, YFE operates 20 mobile TV
broadcasters on the Hutchison 3 TV platform. YFE is headed by Dr. Stefan
Piëch.
Contact:
Your Family Entertainment AG
Elvira Engmann
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 99 72 71-13
Fax: +49 (0) 89 99 72 71 91
E-Mail: [email protected]
www.yfe.tv
www.fixundfoxi.tv
www.rictv.de
BroadbandTV
A.K. Virani
PR & Communications Manager
Tel.: +1778 998 3488
Email: [email protected]
Your Family Entertainment AG
Supervisory Board:
Dr. Hans-Sebastian Graf von Wallwitz (chairman)
Dr. Andreas Aufschnaiter (vice-chairman)
Johannes Thun-Hohenstein
Chief Executive Officer (CEO):
Dr. Stefan Piëch
Registered Office: Munich
Court of Registration: Munich
Registration Number: HRB 164992
VAT: DE 199 201 937
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Language: English
Company: Your Family Entertainment AG
Nordendstr. 64
80801 München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 997 271-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 997 271-91
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.yf-e.com
ISIN: DE000A161N14
WKN: A161N1
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General Standard);
Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf,
Stuttgart
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